Emir Kir's Mayor's List retained its absolute majority after voters were called to the polls a second time in Sint-Joost after last October’s result was annulled. With 18 out of 29 seats, the party even gained 1 more seat than in October. Voters in the Brussels municipality had to go to the polls again today because the result of the previous elections had been declared invalid.
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Emir Kir remains mayor in Sint-Joost (Brussels) after local election rerun
Colin Clapson
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With 55.6 per cent of the vote, Emir Kir's Mayor's List again won an absolute majority. The party won 18 out of 29 seats on the Sint-Joost local council in Brussels smallest municipality. That is 1 seat more than in the 13 October elections, when Mr Kir already had a narrow absolute majority with 50.5 per cent of the vote.
The Francophone socialists of PS (6 seats) and the greens of Ecolo-Groen (4 seats) retained their number of seats. The multiparty alliance of Les Engagés-CD&V-MR-VLD lost 1 seat and now only has 1. Minority rights party Team Fouad Ahidar remains empty-handed as in October. The party only picked up the support of 2.6 per cent of voters. In October, the figure was 5.1 per cent.